Matilda

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Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!

— The pupils of Crunchem Hall, Matilda (1996)

Five seedlings growing in cracked eggshells, the last leaning sideways beneath a small paper crown. — Original artwork

I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.

Agatha Trunchbull

A loud man in a yellow check suit lectures a small girl in a blue dress at his shabby used-car lot. — Original artwork

I'm smart, you're dumb. I'm big, you're little. I'm right, you're wrong. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Harry Wormwood

A packed school hall of pupils cheers with raised fists as a boy on the stage eats an enormous chocolate cake. — Original artwork

Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!

The pupils of Crunchem Hall, Matilda (1996)